Growing food bank usage in London is a national embarrassment
New figures show that more than 63,300 Londoners were fed by a Trussell Trust food bank in the…
Fiona Twycross
A Grim New Year present – Boris forces through fire cuts
Tomorrow (Thursday) Boris Johnson will have succeeded in his bid to close 10 fire stations, axe 14 fire engines…
Michael Gove: in denial about families who use foodbanks
This week the Education Secretary, Michael Gove, added himself to an unglorious list of Tory frontbenchers who are…
The other story about strikes
You may not have noticed with the focus on Syria, but this week it was announced that the…
Why we must become a Zero-Hunger country
Children should not go to school hungry, older people should not be admitted to hospital suffering from malnutrition,…
Sorry, Boris, your cuts just don’t add up
This week we have seen the Coalition Government’s statistics called into question. The numbers they use to justify…
Food, fuel and funds – let’s create a Labour vision for older people
Over the past few months, an increasing number of articles have painted a portrait of hunger in the…
If we don’t fight to save emergency services, who will?
Heard about the 999 SOS campaign? Probably not before today unless you were unfortunate enough to meet me…
Either we all live in a decent Britain, or nobody does
Over the past few months, there has been a steady flow of stories about the rise in the…
Cutting edge Ken
If someone had told me a year ago that Ken Livingstone would be the first politician in the…
